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Frontiers in Immunology

Characterization of Endopeptidase Activity of Tripeptidyl Peptidase-I/CLN2 Protein Which Is Deficient in Classical Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis

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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

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Serum levels of apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage are associated with hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C

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BMC Gastroenterology

Hypertension exacerbates liver injury and hepatic fibrosis induced by a choline-deficient L-amino acid-defined diet in rats

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International Journal of Molecular Medicine

NutritionHypertensionHepatic FibrosisFatty Liver DiseaseCholangiopathies +18

Dietary fructose enhances the incidence of precancerous hepatocytes induced by administration of diethylnitrosamine in rat

Ryo Kumamoto, Hirofumi Uto, Kohei Oda, +12

European journal of medical research

Efficacy of vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist tolvaptan in treatment of hepatic edema

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Hepatology Research

A Novel Alcohol Resistant Metalloproteinase, Vimelysin, from<i>Vibrio</i>sp. T1800: Purification and Characterization

Kohei Oda, Kiyoaki Okayama, Keiichi Okutomi, +3

Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Protein ChemistryVibrio SpOrganic SolventsBiochemistryEngineering +7

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with both subcutaneous and visceral adiposity

Takeshi Kure, Seiichi Mawatari, Yasushi Imamura, +9

Medicine

Hepatocyte Growth Factor Facilitates Esophageal Mucosal Repair and Inhibits the Submucosal Fibrosis in a Rat Model of Esophageal Ulcer

Yuga Komaki, Shuji Kanmura, Fumisato Sasaki, +9

Digestion

The co-existence of NS5A and NS5B resistance-associated substitutions is associated with virologic failure in Hepatitis C Virus genotype 1 patients treated with sofosbuvir and ledipasvir

Seiichi Mawatari, Kohei Oda, Kazuaki Tabu, +14

PLoS ONE